Ares Community Leaders Open Nominations

[BB_Rawren]

As an update to the "Have the legal capacity to sign a valid Non Disclosure Agreement" in our Requirements Section. A Non Disclosure Agreement is a legal document between Ubisoft and the player stating that if any secret, private or sensitive information is disclosed to the player about the game or the company, the player will not share it with anyone. We have been informed that this requires the player to be 18 or older in order to sign it. If you are younger than 18, having a parent or guardian sign on your behalf will not suffice. I do apologize for any changes this makes with the nomination process.

[Aurboth]

Thank you to everyone who has nominated me and to everyone else who has been asking me when I am posting my application.

What is the primary server you play on?
My primary server is Ares (Realm 2). I also maintain an account on the Test Server.

How have you contributed to the community?
I have been an active player for the past 12 months. As such, I have spent much of my free time in game monitoring and providing assistance in the Help Channel. I spend time in Global-1, although I am there more commonly at off-peak times due to the peak in Help volume at similar times. In addition, I am also active on the test server, working on ideas that have the potential to someday transition to our server. As both a guild officer and as someone in the help channel, I have helped people gain a greater understanding of the game, to help supply them with what they need to become better players and community members. While I would not say that I constantly post to the forum, I do attempt to make solid contributions there as well.

What is the first thing you want to do as a CL?
I feel the best thing that I can do first is use the information available to me in this new role to attempt to convey the problems and ideas our server sees as important. Understanding what is planned for the server and how our needs and wants are being addressed is something that all the players seem to desire, even if they only have a specific desire in mind. It would even be helpful to determine if other servers are seeing similar problems and share what we can to make the players' desires communicated with the responsible designers.

Do you have any ideas to improve the community?
The best way to improve a community is to bring people together within it. The trivia games are good method, but the specific time reduces the accessibility to many active players. While we are the designated US Server, sharing with other great countries with the same time zones, the people and game-flow changes throughout the day and night. Activities should vary more to include more of the entire community, not just the prime time players. Guilds are an important part of the community, and we should be recognizing them as a resource for players. Independent players are just as important a part and need to know that the game is meant to be enjoyed by them as well.

What is the community's top requested feature for TSO?
Anyone who has played for any length of time or visited the forum more than once will pick up the perpetual issues of Player vs. Player combat and the lack of island space, followed the general issue of improving the control over the creation and delegation of troops. However, in all honesty, these issues are not what will drive away people who are already playing the game. More than all of these, the most common thing requested by the community is information. The lack of clear information is likely one of the most frustrating things for the players, whether it be a reason for a change in game functionality, a clear message of etiquette from the moderators, or a timeline for changes already advertised. The failure of communication has already been seen in the initial implementation of the Community Leader/Liaison program, which was much more divisive than our game requests.

What has prepared you to be a community leader for The Settlers Online?
Besides what I have already mentioned above, I would start with that I have over twenty years of experience playing MMORPG’s. I have served in leadership positions for large guild-equivalent groups in several games. In addition, one of my degrees is in computers, and have worked previously in teaching computers and basic coding, as well as tutoring in a variety of math/science subjects. I also have a degree in business, which gives me a different perspective of the economy aspects of the game as well as some of the realities of balancing business and coding issue.

[Aurboth]

Can I suggest that the moderators remove the CL applications from the nominations thread, and make it a locked & sticky thread? It would make it easier to everyone to read them and make them separate from the discussion over nominations.

[NightRain]

okie so ill vote... Runemaker , AngelBuns , Greek_Spartan ...good luck

[Kinson001]

I nominate Runemaker *hugs*

[Magdalena2012]

I would like to nominate Datafox

[Faith_4]

As an update to the "Have the legal capacity to sign a valid Non Disclosure Agreement" in our Requirements Section. A Non Disclosure Agreement is a legal document between Ubisoft and the player stating that if any secret, private or sensitive information is disclosed to the player about the game or the company, the player will not share it with anyone. We have been informed that this requires the player to be 18 or older in order to sign it. If you are younger than 18, having a parent or guardian sign on your behalf will not suffice. I do apologize for any changes this makes with the nomination process.

Thank you BB_Rawren. I thought that was the case, but wanted to make sure. I know a few of our nominees are a bit younger than 18, but I also believe they will be turning 18 within the next few months (if not sooner). Since I consider them viable candidates for the CL position, I am hoping that because they are so close to that threshold, it will still be possible for them to apply for the position. Wondering whether or not they should message you directly in this regard. I realize it has nothing at all to do with me, since I am def way over the age of 18 and not submitting an application, but was just wondering your thoughts in regard to something like this. Especially because they are so close to reaching the age requirements.

[BB_Rawren]

Thank you BB_Rawren. I thought that was the case, but wanted to make sure. I know a few of our nominees are a bit younger than 18, but I also believe they will be turning 18 within the next few months (if not sooner). Since I consider them viable candidates for the CL position, I am hoping that because they are so close to that threshold, it will still be possible for them to apply for the position. Wondering whether or not they should message you directly in this regard. I realize it has nothing at all to do with me, since I am def way over the age of 18 and not submitting an application, but was just wondering your thoughts in regard to something like this. Especially because they are so close to reaching the age requirements.

There's a three month period of training and monitoring before any candidates can become "official" CLs. If someone will be turning 18 soon, I see no reason why they couldn't apply now and then just wait it out until they can sign the NDA.

[KRCKO-KRC]

Raredstorm-definetly

[LillithJess]

I nominate Yarrah! She will get my vote every time.